* Are you ready for carbon fee prosperity? Then join us at our 3 day conference and lobbying days in Canada’s Capital City, Ottawa, November 22-24. The conference line-up is phenomenal with too many impeccable speakers to highlight just one person. DEADLINES: Hotel accommodations at the Courtyard Marriott in the Byward Market are suggested, although the deadline for
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Politics, Re-Spun: Climate Change Science Deniers, Ignorance and Media’s False Balance
Climate change deniers are science deniers. That makes them either stupid, or so incredibly biased/conflicted that they are willing to ignore science and dodge accusations of their own stupidity to accomplish some other goal. In BC we are producing oil, gas and coal and stunningly stupid rates, only to go
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Big LNG Tax Regime Vomit Bucket
Cue sweet new day[tm] political campaign music, invoking images of a unicorn flying over our quaint village, then Robert Redford in voiceover: “LNG will be a $ trillion sector, reaping billions in revenue for the province [due to some kind of gruelling tax regime] so we can become debt-free, and
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Bank of England’s Mark Carney: Most fossil fuel reserves shouldn’t be burned
Mark Carney in Davos, Switzerland, 2010 (Photo: Wikipedia) Read this Oct. 13 story in The Guardian about Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s decision to join a growing list of global economic leaders suggesting that the world needs to transition away from fossil fuels in order to mitigate the effects of climate
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Transportation After Fossil Fuels: A Decade Away?
Once upon a time, I rode the maglev at the Japan pavilion at Expo 86. Since then, I’ve come to see that that was the Commodore Vic 20 of high speed travel. What’s the new standard? ET3. So if you’ve been having a hard time imagining a post-carbon transportation system
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How to Spot an Ecology Troll
Start with an oil spill apologist/minimizer. Work with the twisted logic that since all ships and oil tankers don’t crash all the time, any concern over one that might [and our government’s pathetic incompetence in prevention and disaster-aversion] is eco-hysteria. Pay any attention to and RT anything Ayn Rand. Then
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Transit Should Be Free; Until Then…
$1/day is a good start to get there. It’s good for the environment. It reduces commuter stress. It forces governments to increase progressive taxation to cover infrastructure costs. It uses BC’s cheap hydro electricity. It combats rampant zombie consumerism. The post-secondary UPass system has improved commuting incredibly. So $1/day is
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: People Should Stop Attacking The Margaret Wente
It doesn’t matter that she hasn’t read Naomi Klein’s new book about climate change. It doesn’t matter because the internet of things. It doesn’t matter because most of what’s important in the world is in the comment section of news stories, not the stories themselves. We all know journalists are
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Michael Rozworski observes that the NDP’s $15 per day national child care plan has irritated all the right people – while still leaving ample room for improvement in the long run once the first pieces are in place. And PressProgress notes that the
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Simushir and BC’s Energy Future
[I was finishing my presentation to the BC government Finance Committee for their 2015 budget the other day. Now Simushir has begun to threaten ecological disaster. That puts a new context in here as I submit my ideas today. I’m very concerned about the next few hours, weeks and decades.]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michal Rozworski responds to idealized views of Canadian equality with the reality that we fall well short of the Scandinavian model: Canada appears on many accounts much closer to the US than Sweden, the stand-in for a more robust social democratic and
Continue readingWill Republicans believe their military on climate change?
The American Republican Party is a major obstacle to the United States acting responsibly on climate change. In the manner of our federal government, they do not allow science to interfere with their dogma. But while they have little use for science, they are great admirers of the military, so
Continue reading350 or bust: Who’s Gonna Stand Up?
Neil Young has just written the anthem for the climate movement. The chorus is: Who’s gonna stand up and save the earth? Who’s gonna say that she’s had enough? Who’s gonna stand up and take on the big machine? Who’s gonna stand up and save the earth. This all starts
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Globe And Mail: Same Old, Same Old
We are currently receiving a three-month free subscription to The Globe and Mail, a paper I supported for many years until it returned to its largely right-wing nature after vanquishing its putative competition, The National Post, and jettisoning many of its finer writers. At least getting it free for this
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star points out what the Cons have destroyed – including public assets and program spending – in order to chip away at the federal deficit caused in the first place by their reckless tax slashing. And Thomas Walkom discusses how their latest
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Adam Lent highlights the strong majority of respondents in the UK who see the political system as serving the powerful rather than the public. And Elizabeth Warren explains why the same conclusion applies in the U.S., while making the case that there’s
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Climate Change Charade
With every day that passes, the devastating consequences of climate change become more obvious and more alarming.The galloping horsemen or signs of the impending apocalypse. Flooding, famine, disease and war to name but a few.Only to be joined by the latest one: the fish are swimming towards the poles. Read more
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